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Guy falls while TakingTheBullet for the DamselInDistress. It's not OnlyAFleshWound, nope, he looks dead. Enough to be LeftForDead by the villain. Possibly invoking PietaPlagiarism, the damsel cries over, but curses the guy. She may even feebly beat up his dead body, admonishing him for:

* Leaving her alone (either "alone in the world" or just "alone with the guy who shot you").* [[MoreHeroThanThou Coming back to save her and dying in her place]].* Not keeping [[ThePromise his promise]] to always be there, or to survive to the end.* (Irrational blubbering)

In more optimistic works he'll wake up because, well, there's someone [[InsultedAwake yelling and hitting him]], and DeathIsCheap compared to that. Expect SlapSlapKiss as he'll be annoyed at being yelled at after just saving her life, and they get over it and (mushy stuff happens here). If it's a ''really'' sappy setting, expect [[TrueLovesKiss a kiss to be involved]] in waking up their beloved. Sometimes, if he does die, he will [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy leave something of himself behind]].

The genders can be reversed, and it's also a favorite trope to enact between [[TheRival Rivals]] or even enemies, especially if [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou one of them died through means other than at the Rival's hands]]. Compare AntagonistInMourning.

May happen some time after the wound, when the first person believes the other is dying, and tries to ConverseWithTheUnconscious.

Can also occur after a failed attempt at [[CPRCleanPrettyReliable resuscitation]], often accompanied by a BigNo or "live, damn you!". Common in medical dramas.

Compare and contrast TryNotToDie. May overlap with DiedInYourArmsTonight. As a DeathTrope, beware of unmarked spoilers.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' [[YouKilledMyFather brooding avenger]] Thorfinn has this exact reaction when [[spoiler: Askeladd]] is fatally stabbed.-->'''Thorfinn:''' I'll never forgive you! How dare you die on me like this!? Get up! Let's properly finish this once and for all! ''[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou I was supposed to be the one]] to kill you!''\\[[spoiler:'''Askeladd:''']] Geez... It's time for you to stop being a kid...* A very emotional scene in the first episode of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', with Kuwabara barging into Yusuke's funeral demanding a fight with him. This might be considered an adult version of PleaseWakeUp. This is also a case of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou as this establishes that Kuwabara considers Yusuke a rival who challenges him and betters him the more they fight against each other.** Parodied in the Abridged series "You better come back to life or I'll kill you!"** Yusuke's mother Atsuko also gets one, in a drunken rage after the wake - "I didn't give you permission to die!"* Light from ''Manga/DeathNote'' screams "Come on, Damn it!" "Don't you die on me you idiot!", at [[spoiler: his father when he dies]]. It is unclear whether Light is genuinely upset [[spoiler:at his father's death]], or is just acting to fool the other Kira investigation team members, or outraged that [[spoiler: he didn't at least kill Mello]]. ''How to Read 13'' seems to imply [[spoiler:genuine mourning, as it is stated that Light's father is one of the only people he would never kill.]]* In ''Manga/BlackButler'', Ciel does this to [[spoiler: Sebastian]] when the latter is discovered dead. It's a particularly TearJerker moment, with Ciel straddling [[spoiler: Sebastian's dead body]] and repeatedly slapping him, all the while yelling that he didn't allow him to die, that he was supposed to be with him until the end. [[spoiler: It was all an act, but it didn't make the scene any less heart-wrenching.]] * ''Anime/MazingerZ'': In episode 52, Kouji gets brutally hurt during a fight and falls unconscious. When he does not move or reacts, Sayaka gets grief-stricken. She kneels by his side, and she starts crying as [[PietaPlagiarism holding him in arms]]. She pleads him not dying and not leaving her alone, and even makes an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Then Kouji opens his eyes and he announces he is not getting married to a tomboy. Cue Sayaka wanting killing him ''for real''.* In the final chapter of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', [[spoiler: Ranma [[PietaPlagiarism cradles Akane's inert body]] after she has seemingly died after the battle with Saffron. He berates her for being a dummy (and hits himself for it).]]** In the ice-skating arc, Ranma takes a blow for Akane strong enough to crush all the bones in a man's body. When he doesn't respond to her, she assumes he's dead, then starts crying on his chest and calls him a fool. That's when he sits up, insulted that she wasn't more grateful for his sacrifice, and lets her know he was faking it. (He actually is hurt at that point, but he's a badass, so he walks it off.)* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': always happens when [[AntagonistInMourning Zenigata is in mourning]] for Lupin. ** The ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' episode, "Lupin the Interred," had Lupin assassinated by a paid mercenary. Zenigata insists it's a trick, while Jigen and Goemon destroy their surroundings since they can't kill Lupin. ** In ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', Zenigata sees Lupin's gang escaping from him and the Count, and Lupin himself is gravely injured. Pops shouts, "Lupin! You'd better not die before I get to arrest you!" * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' got this as a TearJerker moment when [[spoiler:Shirley bleeds to death in Lelouch's arms, promising to love him even if she's reincarnated, and Lelouch desperately and futilely trying to use his [[HypnoticEyes Geass]] to save her.]]** Not to mention in the final episode, [[spoiler: when Lelouch dies. The juxtaposition of the scene is pretty striking, with the crowds celebrating his death and chanting the name of his assassin, and his sister Nunnally sobbing inconsolably over his body.]]* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', Misaki and Kusanagi both say this about Totsuka.** When he dies [[DiedInYourArmsTonight in Misaki's arms]], Misaki gives the incoherent blubbering version.** Just after that flashback, when Kusanagi is in his bar, looking at all of the stuff Totsuka left behind from his expensive hobbies, he gives a remark like this - though it's more serious and forward-looking, considering that Mikoto, for whom Totsuka was a MoralityChain, is preparing himself for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the killer that might just [[SuperPowerMeltdown take the whole city down with him...]]* Vegeta from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' was extremely [[AntagonistInMourning distraught]] after [[TheRival Goku's]] death during the Cell Games, which was [[KilledOffForReal seemingly permanent]] because he'd never have a chance to [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou defeat him]]. So much that he vowed to [[IWillFightNoMoreForever never fight again]]. The seven-year TimeSkip shows that he got better.* Zoro from ''Manga/OnePiece'' does this around the end of his flashback in the manga when his [[TearJerker childhood friend Kuina died falling down the staircase and broke her neck]]. The [[AdaptationDisplacement anime version of the story tends to displace the original manga,]] but trust me, he was ''absolutely pissed at her for leaving him'' as well as saddened.** This becomes ''depressing'' when you consider that he apparently still considers her his best friend. The poor guy can never catch a break.** He was pissed because she was the only person he could not defeat, which was the reason why he took up swordfighting in the first place. He was pissed because she died before he can get the chance to defeat her, and saddened because both of them considered each other as rivals, intent on being the world's strongest swordsman in the future.** And because the universe has a twisted sense of humor, Zoro meets a Marine swordswoman named Tashigi [[IdenticalStranger who looks extremely similar to Kuina]]. ** Crocodile is ''furious'' after Whitebeard is stabbed by a misguided ally (even though he didn't actually ''die'' from the attack). This is because he knew that Whitebeard should've been able to dodge that attack -- an indication that Whitebeard had become weaker in the time since he defeated Crocodile.* ''Manga/InuYasha'':** Upon finding his {{True Companion|s}} motionless on the ground in a fight against the BigBad, Inuyasha cries out "Miroku! Don't you ''dare'' die!". The hitting happens ''after'' he wakes up, unscratched.** He uses the same sentence on Sango later on, after she [[DivideAndConquer betrayed them]] and got [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness severely hurt for her efforts]].** Played straight by Kagome after the fight against the Peach Man. Inuyasha has fallen off a 20-floor cliff, badly injured and in [[BroughtDownToNormal human form]]. The others can't find his body, but assume he must be dead. When Miroku remarks that "Inuyasha probably died without regrets, for even as he sacrificed his life, he knew that he was saving yours", Kagome cries out that she didn't want him to and that he is an idiot. Miroku and Shippo join in, saying he was indeed a fool. Of course, Inuyasha is [[RightBehindMe Right Behind Them]], and not pleased to be called an idiot.** Near the end, Inuyasha has a similar moment when [[spoiler: Sesshoumaru]] is severely wounded and crushed by Magatsuhi, after delivering a strike to Magatsuhi's true self. Believing he was dead/dying, Inuyasha tries desperately to free him, shouting "I'm not gonna let you die like this!"* This occurs in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' when [[spoiler: Nuriko dies]]. It happens again with [[spoiler: Hotohori's death. Miaka screams that he had lied when he promised to stay alive until his wife, Houki, gives birth to his son]].* In the feudal arc of ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', Ryuuya is badly injured defending Kanna and doesn't seem as though he's going to make it. He's told her that as he's her servant, he'll do anything she says, so she orders him not to die. [[spoiler: He doesn't... she does, though.]]* In ''Manga/CountCain - Godchild'' Cain yells at an unconscious [[spoiler:Riff after he's been poisoned]] basically telling him he's not allowed to die.* Inverted in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. Being that Hanyuu is a ghost she cannot interact with anyone except a select few people who are born every once in a while. She becomes frustrated when [[spoiler:Rika says she wants to not repeat the [[GroundhogDayLoop cycle]] again]]. Of course she didn't stay to her word.** [[spoiler:Played straight in the last episode of Minagoroshi-hen. [[HopeSpot It seems as if fate is about to be beaten, and all is well]]... until Keiichi is shot by the Big Bad. As he dies, Mion yells "No! This cannot be! This cannot be!" until she is forced to flee.]]* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', a [[BitPartBadguys small time crime boss]] hires some {{Mooks}} to take out the Lagoon Company for not playing exclusively for him. Naturally, they all die. Just before [[TheBaroness Balalaika]] pays him a visit, he's heard ranting about how [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit the mook he hired completely screwed him over]] by dying.* In Manga/{{Bleach}}, Ichigo is killed by Ulquiorra and Orihime indicates this trope by repeating his name for several minutes. [[spoiler:It works, he's not dead anymore.]]** Also invoked by [[spoiler: Tsukishima]], who ''flips out'' when he learns that [[spoiler: Ginjou is dying]].** After Zaraki impales [[spoiler:Unohana]] in the throat in their fight to the death, it takes him a second or two to process what just happened. He doesn't take it well.* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Guts gets bashed around by the apostle Wyald to the point where he is believed to be dead. Casca, now his lover, slaps him around in a fit of anger and tears as she tells the unconscious Guts that he couldn't be dead because he promised to take her on his travels with him. He eventually comes around, though to the sound of [[spoiler: Casca's screams as Wyald apprehends her and tries to [[AttemptedRape make her feel like a virgin again]]]].* Happens afterwards, but in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': [[spoiler: after Kamina dies, Yoko [[ShowerOfAngst is in the shower]] and says to herself: "You said you would return that kiss a ten times over! Kamina, you jerk!"]]* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' mixes it up with PietaPlagiarism near the end of the series, when [[spoiler:Hawkeye gets her throat slashed and nearly bleeds to death. Mustang, panicked and on the verge of ManlyTears, does a lot of screaming at her to "Open your eyes!" and "Get it together!" It's cranked UpToEleven in the English dub of ''Brotherhood'', in which he says, "Don't you ''dare'' die! Stay with me, Lieutenant!"]]** And in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]], you have [[spoiler:Hawkeye arriving too late to protect Mustang from Archer. She finds him shot in the face and lying motionless in a pool of his own blood]].--> [[spoiler:"General! ''Dammit, Roy Mustang, talk to me!''"]]* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', [[spoiler: while Kotetsu [[note]]apparently[[/note]] [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Barnaby's arms]] ]];-->'''Barnaby:''' [[spoiler:''(Sobbing)'' Shut up! Don't talk like you're about to die!! You're not that kind of person! Your enthusiasm is your only strong point, isn't it!? I've been learning to make fried rice...so you have to try it someday! '''[[SayMyName Kotetsu!]]''']]* Manga/{{xxxHOLiC}}: How Watanuki reacts when [[spoiler: Yuuko's vanishing from the universe so it will be as if she'd died when she was supposed to.]] He's in tears, pleading to her "Please tell me this is all a dream!" and "You can't go!"* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': As [[spoiler: Shirazu]] lay dying [[spoiler: Urie]] screams "DON'T YOU [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] DIE ON ME!" in a rather TearJerker scene.* It happens in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', when [[spoiler: Chisame witnesses Jack Rakan's loss and [[RetGone "erasure"]] against Fate Averruncus.]] At that point the poor girl is [[BrokenTears sobbing her heart out]] [[spoiler: and telling Rakan ([[MetaGuy in her own]], [[GamerChick gamer-like way]]) that someone [[WorldsBestWarrior as powerful as him]] is NOT supposed to lose both a fight and his life.]][[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]* Another gender-flipped version in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', when [[spoiler:Gert convinces 80's!Geoffrey Wilder that Chase isn't innocent enough to make a satisfactory sacrifice to the Gibborim and ends up getting killed instead. Chase]] promptly has a FreakOut and spends most of the next six issues trying to bring her back...using the Gibborim. The others convince him that it's not what she would've wanted, though, and he is finally convinced to let her remain dead.* In the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comic series, Sonic's girlfriend, Princess Sally, was devastated seeing Sonic "die" in an explosion after destroying a deadly alien weapon, not knowing that he was actually thrown halfway across the universe. A year later, Sonic returned, and the two kissed and continued their relationship. A following mission, however, reminded Sally again of how easy it was to almost lose a loved one, and she begged that Sonic would step down from his role as a hero. He reluctantly declined because of the Eggman threat. She then slapped him in front of their family and friends and they argued on the bigger priority, love or duty. [[spoiler: A break-up followed.]]* A darker, creepier example of this trope occurred in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'': ComicBook/LexLuthor is anguished by Superman's death, but not because of any secret love for him or anything like that; he's furious because he had an "I am TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou" mentality towards Superman. At one point, Lex, alone in his office, curses Doomsday for killing Superman before he could and shrieks, "I WAS ROBBED!!!"* In issue 2 of ''Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'', Comicbook/{{X 23}} has a bit of this towards ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Laura tells Kitty after an outburst in the Danger Room that she feels angry because she thought of Logan as immortal and unkillable, and because he promised to always be there for her if she needed him. His death leaves her feeling as if that was a lie, and leads her to question her own life. By the end of the issue she ultimately comes to terms with this and has moved on to feeling sad over his passing, but also pride in the example he set.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]* This line from the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'':-->[[spoiler: '''Rika''': ''"Damn you, Takato... I have cried more in these last few days than in my entire lifetime, and it's all your fault!"'']]* In ''[[https://exalted-thesunalsorises.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/learningtoswim Learning To Swim]]'', this is Rain's response after she saves Cats from drowning, as he's ingested a dangerous amount of water. (There's an element of guilt in her anger, as it's partly her fault that he tried to swim in the first place.)-->''I grasped his thin shoulders and shook him. "Don't you die on me, donít you dare fucking die! You stupid little baby!"\\Suddenly, Cats gasped and coughed up enough water to have bathed in. I pushed him to his side so he could spew without getting more of it on me. "I'm not a little baby," he gasped leaning on his elbow. His eyelids were still a frightening purplish color. "Why Rain gotta be so mean all the time?"''* In the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic ''[[http://rwbyobsessedsorrynotsorry.tumblr.com/post/86980415368/its-time-to-say-goodbye It's Time To Say Goodbye]]'' Nora endures Ren's death by vacillating between [[SelectiveObliviousness dissonant]] apathy and blind fury. During one scene, she vents this fury by shouting at his grave.-->''"You know, it was really dumb for you to jump out in front of the claw like that."\\I looked at his picture. It was still there. I wasnít sure if someone was supposed to take it home or something.\\"You didnít ''have'' to do that. It was ''really'' dumb."\\He didnít answer me. It was like he was being quiet, waiting for me to stop talking so he could try and comfort me.\\"No, no, no, I know what youíre trying to do and Iím not going to let you. Youíre the reason Iím so alone right now. This is ''your'' fault, not mine! ''You'' jumped in the way! NOT ME! DO YOU HEAR ME?! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"''* PlayedForLaughs in the TrollFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7579853/1/Finding-Love-in-the-Fire Finding Love in the Fire]]''. Literature/{{Eragon}} trips and falls, impaling himself on Brisingr. Saphira's reaction to this is somewhere between this trope and shocked denial.-->''It couldn't be happening.\\We'd gone over this so many times.\\The strategy was perfect.\\He was going to kill Murtagh.\\HOW IN THE HELL DID THE WORLD'S LAST HOPE FOR PEACE DIE IN SUCH A STUPID WAY?\\THAT MORON!''* In ''Fanfic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', Seto Kaiba is not happy at all that Joey dies in his arms and tries insulting him to make him stay awake. It doesn't work.* In ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', Orochimaru does this to the third hokage. What makes it funny that he had just spent an entire episode trying to kill the third, and failed. The third beats him by giving up his life to seal away Orochimaru's arms and Orochimaru's exact words are "Sarutobi, don't you die on me! Give me back my arms, ''then'' die on me!"* Mahanon, in ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]'', gives Victoria a variant - he has legitimate reasons to believe [[HeroicSacrifice she's dead]], and when she turns up alive, he tells her to never do it again.* A variation in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/CommonSense''. Shortly before [[AbandonShip escaping the sinking St. Anne]], Jessie tells James that she'll never forgive him if he doesn't make it back.* "Fanfic/LastRights": Eleya has this reaction to Senior Chief Athezra dying after taking a shell fragment in the chest.-->'''Eleya:''' No, no! Don't you ''dare'' die on me! ''(checks his pulse)'' Oh, you ''[[PardonMyKlingon phekk'ta]]'' died on me.* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8793565/chapters/20159878 How the Light Gets In]]'', the four-year old Mary asks Dean, her father, if she can be mad at her mother for dying.-->'''Dean:''' You can be as mad as you want. I'm mad, too.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', [[spoiler:when WALLēE's memory appears to be wiped, after trying various tricks to restore it, EVE vigorously shakes WALL-E with an angry expression in an attempt to "wake him up", but then [[DespairEventHorizon resigns]] and mournfully "kisses" WALLēE.]]* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', when Insectisaurus is shot down, Link shouts at him, "Don't you dare close your eyes!" [[spoiler: He becomes a butterfly.]]* Littlefoot in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' tearfully says that his mother should've known better than to take on a [[TyrannosaurusRex Sharptooth]] and that it's all her fault that she died. The elderly dinosaur he's talking to comforts Littlefoot and tells him that it's nobody's fault that she died.* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', a major turning point in Tip and Oh's uneasy alliance comes when Oh dives underwater for a couple of hours and she kicks him and rants about him letting her think he'd died.* Briefly in Disney's ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', when Terk is pulling unconscious kid Tarzan out of the water: "C'mon, don't die on me... don't die on me, you weren't supposed to do it--!"[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]* In ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'', [[spoiler: Watson to Holmes, while trying to artificially resuscitate him: "I know you can hear me, you selfish bastard!"]]* Happens twice in ''Film/TheAbyss'', first when Lindsey Brigman has drowned and her ex-husband Virgil "Bud" Brigman yells at her while performing CPR to try to bring her back. Later on in the movie, when Bud faces death thousands of feet below her, Lindsey returns the favor.-->'''Bud''': Goddamn it, you bitch! [[PleaseWakeUp You never backed away from anything in your life!...Fight, goddamn it! FIGHT!]]\\'''Lindsey''': Bud, please! Listen to me, please! Goddamn it!...You dragged me back from the bottomless pit! You can't leave me here alone now! Please. Oh, God, Virgil, please.* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' franchise:** Happens in ''Film/TheMatrix''. This works because the kiss Trinity administers along with those words makes Neo realize ''he isn't actually dead'' (only virtually dead and "YourMindMakesItReal") so he revives. In other words, the input from the Matrix told his brain he was dead but the input from the real world trumped it.--->'''Trinity:''' Neo, I'm not afraid anymore. The Oracle told me that I would fall in love, and that man, the man who I loved would be The One. And so you see, you can't be dead. You can't be, because I love you. You hear me? I love you.... Now *get up*.** ...and in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'':--->'''Morpheus:''' Trinity, don't you quit on me now.\\'''Trinity:''' I'm sorry.\\'''Neo:''' Trinity. Trinity, I know you can hear me. I'm not letting go. I can't. I love you too damn much.* Happens in ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' film as part of Murtaugh's HeroicBSOD after having to gun down one of his son's friends in a shootout.* Paul Thomas Anderson's ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' had Tom Cruise's character doing this to his estranged father, in sort of a verbal SlapSlapKiss.* ''Film/TheTerminator'' had Sarah Connor trying to motivate a mortally wounded Reese (showing signs of the leader she's supposed to become):-->'''Sarah:''' Move it, Reese! On your feet, soldier! On your feet!* In ''Film/PitchBlack'', this is Riddick's response when [[spoiler:Carolyn Fry]] is dragged away and killed by the monsters. Immediately beforehand, this was also the motivation used to get him up after he was bleeding intensely and in a state of panic, just having been nearly killed by the creatures.* In the film ''Film/{{Flatliners}}'', David Labraccio (Kevin Bacon) is determined to resuscitate Nelson (Kiefer Sutherland), and continues even after it's clear that Nelson is gone, going so far as to hit him in the chest to try to get his heart going again and saying "Come on, Nelson!".* Happens at the end of ''Film/OngBak'', [[spoiler: Humlae dies and Muay spends her last lines of the movie cursing him for dying.]]* In ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', Samantha/Charly gets one of these from her eight-year-old daughter, combined with WorstAid.* Done comically in ''Film/TheWrongBox'' - Morris and John Finsbury (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) are taking their uncle Joseph on a train trip on the news that a relative's imminent death will net them a fat inheritance - after the train crashes, Morris finds a dead body he thinks is Joseph's, and tearfully curses him for selfishly dying and leaving two helpless orphans destitute.* Sort of subverted in ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''. After it appears Frankenstein has failed to bring a corpse back to life, he begins to strangle the dead body claiming he has ruined him. Of course his two assistants attempt to pull him off for fear that he'll kill him.* In the beginning of ''Film/EverAfter'', Danielle's father suffers a heart attack, and Rodmilla, [[WickedStepmother his new wife]], starts wailing "You cannot leave me here!" as he dies. Never mind, you know, ''his kid'' standing right there. [[{{Jerkass}} She's not very nice]].* Twice in ''Film/RedTails'':** [[spoiler: Deacon]] has been badly wounded, and is suffering from both serious bleeding and a head wound. He fades out of consciousness, his plane sliding into a dive, as Easy screams helplessly at him to wake up and pull up. [[spoiler: He wakes up, regains control of the plane, and crashes on landing. Despite being doused in gasoline before the plane caught fire, he is pulled out and survives.]]** Easy finds himself in a similar situation with [[spoiler: Lightning]] towards the end of the film. [[spoiler: Lightning's plane plows into the ground and explodes.]]%%* ''Film/TheGauntlet'': Gus to Ben, near the end.* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'':** He doesn't directly address [[spoiler:Coulson]] or his corpse, but after [[spoiler:Coulson is killed by Loki while trying to defend Thor,]] Tony Stark angrily calls him an idiot while clearly holding back tears when Steve finds Tony brooding at the spot where [[spoiler:Coulson]] died a half an hour or so after his death.** Nick Fury is the first to find him as he's dying, and reacts similarly.--->'''Fury:''' Just stay awake. ''Eyes on me!''\\'''[[spoiler:Coulson]]:''' No, I'm clocking out here.\\'''Fury:''' Not an option!* In ''Film/TheEdge'', Charles pulls this on Bob.* ''Film/JurassicParkIII'': After Paul Kirby narrowly averts a HeroicSacrifice to save his wife and son from the Spinosaurus, the crying Amanda calls him an asshole and begs him not to leave them alone. Then he reveals that he survived the scuffle and they're reunited again.* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Katniss has [[ShipTease a rather distressed reaction]] when she thought Peeta consumed the nightlock berries.-->'''Katniss:''' Damn you Peeta, damn you!* ''Film/RobinHoodCzwartaStrzala'' [[ParodiedTrope parodies]] this mercilessly - Marion has the Merry Men take shifts telling Robin not to die. [[spoiler: He still does.]]* A funny variant is found in ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting,'' when the group is mistakenly informed by an emergency room doctor that Brad has died. Upon seeing him alive, his best friend embraces him and says, "Don't you ''ever'' die on me!" Brad, who has no idea what's going on, is understandably confused by the directive.[[/folder]]

[[folder:LARP]]* In Empire LRP there is a skill called Stay With Me that stops someone dying and gives them a hit back. It works exactly like this Trope. It has a counterpart of RousingSpeech to heal someone even more via Dramatic Shouting.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]* Arya Stark does quite a bit of this in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', angry at the adults who keep failing to protect her.** Also played with when [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cersei]] demands that Lord Giles be told, "He does not have my leave to die."* Discworld/{{Hogfather}}: [[spoiler:Susan gets this when the Hogfather dies]] and she can't even figure out why.* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward is very, very angry at [[spoiler: Oreg]], for not only making a HeroicSacrifice, but [[spoiler: manipulating him into doing the killing.]]* ''Literature/TheOutsiders'': Right before and right after Johnny's death, his big brother figure Dallas curses him and Ponyboy for being stupid and naive enough for getting into the things that lead to his death, completely loses it, and ultimately [[spoiler:commits SuicideByCop]].* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' book series, by Brian Jacques. Two instances. One is after a character is found in the woods badly wounded and is told "If you die, I'll kill you!". Another version is in a separate book where a character that's been unconscious is told by a friend that if he dies, the other character will never speak to him again. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by the now-conscious character remarking that it'd be interesting to see that.* Nynaeve does this to a wounded Aiel Maiden in Book Three of Literature/TheWheelOfTime. On purpose, though: it helps her to get angry enough to channel and heal her.* A variation occurs in ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''-- the sadistic supercomputer AM is enraged when all of the human characters die except one, not because he cared about them, but because he can no longer use them as outlets for his hatred of humanity. In revenge, he turns his torments on the sole human character remaining, Ted-- whose eventual fate is, incidentally, where the title comes from.* In ''Literature/LabyrinthsOfEcho'' by Max Frei the protagonist once accidentally cured a wounded man suffering from magical compulsion by wishing aloud his "patient" would be okay. And later discovered that while his own domination spell is dangerous, ordering its victims to recover may fix even terminal disease or otherwise incurable insanity.* Variation: In the book ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'', after being stabbed by the six-fingered man, Inigo has a vision of his father:-->'''Inigo:''' ...sorry, Father... I'm sorry...\\'''Domingo:''' I don't want your "sorry"! My name is Domingo Montoya and I died for that sword and you can keep your "sorry". If you were going to fail, why didn't you die years ago and let me rest in peace?* In Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/{{Freckles}}'', Angel, having dug up Freckles's family, is annoyed that he is still near DeathByDespair.-->''YOU JUST TRY DYING AND YOU'LL GET A GOOD SLAP!''* Katniss with Peeta in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. It actually happens more than once but the most prominent example is probably [[spoiler:when his heart stops after hitting the force field in ''Catching Fire''.]]* In ''Literature/TheDragonAndTheGeorge'' when Daffyd has been bitten/poisoned by harpies, [[{{Tsundere}} Danielle]] responds by telling him she loves him and ''ordering'' him not to die. Daffyd is implied to [[FightOffTheKryptonite fight off the poison]] by sheer HeroicWillpower.* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'': Heathcliff's "May she wake in torment!" speech upon receiving the news of Cathy's death. A portrait of a man so enraged at his dead beloved for leaving him that he wishes torment on her immortal soul.* Auria with David in ''Those Who Cry Green Tears'' after she tries to save him after he stayed behind to save her.* In ''Literature/MidnightsChildren'', Ahmed reacts badly to the death of his friend Doctor Narlikar. He calls it a "betrayal" on account of the fact that Ahmed couldn't actually attach his name to Narlikar's business due to religious persecution, and was thus totally dependent on Narlikar to give him the profits.* In the Literature/GauntsGhosts novel ''Straight Silver'', the sniper Jessi Banda is stabbed through the lungs during a particularly brutal trench fight on the frontline. Her squad commander, the normally [[Main/DrillSergeantNasty rude and dismissive]] Major Rawne, cradles her (while badly wounded himself - his torso is nearly pulped) while ''ordering'' her to stay alive.-->'''Rawne:''' Don't you die on me. ''I fething order you to be okay.''[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Ivanova's emotional reaction after Marcus uses an alien life transfer machine to save her life, nearly at the cost of his own.* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Last of the Time Lords", [[spoiler:the Doctor almost demands that the Master not die on him.]] Made all the worse by the fact that [[spoiler: the Master actually could save himself from death if he chose to. He's simply dying to spite the Doctor.]]** [[spoiler:"REGENERATE!!"]]-->[[spoiler:'''The Master:''' Dying in your arms. Happy now?\\'''The Doctor:''' You're not dying, don't be stupid. It's only a bullet. Just regenerate.\\'''The Master:''' No.\\'''The Doctor:''' One little bullet. C'mon.\\'''The Master:''' I guess you don't know me so well. I refuse.]]** Also this exchange between the Doctor and Wilf in ''The End of Time'' Part 1:--->'''The Doctor''': [bluntly] I'm going to die.\\ '''Wilfred''': [[WeAllDieSomeday Well, so am I, someday.]]\\ '''The Doctor''': No, don't you dare!\\ '''Wilfred''': Alright, I'll try not to!** And River, in her [[TimeyWimeyBall first-last appearance]] about the Doctor- "If he dies, I'll kill him!"** Who likes this one, they do it again in series six.-->'''Doctor:''' "Come ''on'', come on, [[spoiler: Rory,]] not like this, '''not today'''!"** In "Before the Flood", Clara has a FreakOut when the Doctor indicates he's resigned himself to dying. (Due to the TimeyWimeyBall being in play, Clara has already seen the apparently deceased Doctor in the future.)-->'''Clara:''' ''Not with me!'' Die with whoever comes after me, you do not leave me!* Gene Hunt gets one of these in ''Series/AshesToAshes'' after Alex passes out from hypothermia.** Also when she was drugged by Summers and when she mysteriously stops breathing after being chloroformed*** Also arguably when he drags her out of the road in the first episode--->'''Gene''': Do you know how much paperwork there is for suicides?!* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':** In "Jaynestown", when one of the mudders dives in front of a shotgun blast intended for Jayne, ''even when it's been proved Jayne isn't the hero the village thought him to be'', Jayne goes ballistic. Afterwards, he's really shaken up by the incident, not comprehending why the mudder had saved his life at the expense of his own. ''"Don't make no sense..."''.** in "War Stories", when Niska resuscitates Mal after having tortured him to death "Mr. Reynolds...? You died, Mr. Reynolds. If you die, I can't hurt you any more."* A "near death" version on ''Series/TheCloser'' after Sanchez [[TakingTheBullet takes three shots to save Provenza]]:--> '''Chief Johnson''': Detective Sanchez, listen to me! I'm issuing you a direct order. Keep breathing! Do you hear me? Keep breathing!* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': ** Gibbs ''orders'' his subordinates not to die on a regular basis, and it seems to work. This occurs notably in SWAK, when Tony has the plague.** Ziva does this with the man who [[spoiler: killed her father and Jackie Vance]] when he eats a cyanide-laced cigarette--not out of any affection, but because they want to bring him in alive to find out who hired him.* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' may very well have been the first to popularlize the surgeon's "Live, Dammit, live!" line, with Hawkeye and his obsessive drive to prevent death in a line of work that's just crawling with it. [[spoiler: No wonder he nearly cracks in the last episode]].--->"C'mon... live, dammit, live! Don't let the [[TheGrimReaper bastard]] win!!"--->"Live, that's an order!"* On ''Series/TheMentalist'', Lisbon keeps telling [[spoiler: Sam Bosco]] that it'll be OK, that he can't let a little lead stop him. Heartbreaking.* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' had Piper screaming and breaking down at her older sister Prue's grave, managing to be incredibly [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Piper only did this after Paige told her it was okay to be mad at Prue for dying, and that Paige herself was angry at her parents for dying.* Wilhelmina in ''Series/UglyBetty'' yells this hysterically as Daniel's dad dies.* Happens in season 4 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when Gunn is momentarily killed and brought back by an electric shock and acts cavalier about it - Fred breaks down in tears and starts screaming "You died and left me all alone!"* One of the first scenes of the first episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'' involves a welcome back party for a dead crewman who has been resurrected as a hologram. During his toast, he says the following:--->"As you know, Holly's only capable of sustaining one hologram, so my advice to anyone more vital to the mission than me is, if you die, I'll kill you."* In a first season episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Emily freaks out in the hospital when Richard has a mild heart attack, and berates him for it (although [[SubvertedTrope he actually survives]]).-->'''Richard:''' Emily, listen. If I die...\\'''Emily:''' No!\\'''Richard:''' Emily...\\'''Emily:''' Richard Gilmore, there may be many things happening in this hospital tonight, but your dying is not one of them.\\'''Richard:''' But--\\'''Emily:''' No! I did not sign on to your dying. And it is not going to happen. Not tonight, not for a very long time. In fact, I demand to go first. Do I make myself clear?\\'''Richard:''' Yes, Emily. You may go first.* An odd version in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' when Beckett desperately tries to resuscitate a murderer who she's just shot, calling for him to stay with her [[spoiler: because he's the man who killed her mother and the only lead to why she was murdered]].[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]* "Pretty Angry" by Blues Traveler. John Popper wrote this song expressing his sadness over the death of his bandmate/best friend Bobby Sheehan.-->''And I wanna shout from my guitar\\Come out, come out wherever you are\\The joke is over, open your eyes\\A heart like yours, it never dies\\And I found your keys behind your chair\\I still can see you sitting there\\This isn't funny; don't fool around\\You let me go... you let me down''* "Dark Wings" by Music/WithinTemptation includes the lyrics "Don't you die on me/You haven't made your peace/Live life, breathe, breathe".* Leæther Strip almost invokes the trope name with "Don't You Dare Die On Me".* The small time West Virginia rock band ''The Weber Brothers'' has a song called ''Don't You Die on me'', which includes the lines "Don't you die on me! If you do, I'm never gonna forgive you. Don't you die on me! Such an underhanded thing to do!"[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]* The play ''Our Country's Good'' has [[spoiler:Duckling pleading with a dying Harry to not die]]. When he dies anyway, without ever waking up, she lets out an anguished "I hate you. No, I love you. How could you do this to me?!"* ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' combined it with the IronicEcho:-->''Who do you think you are / leaving me alone with my guitar?''* In ''Theatre/NextToNormal'', Dan resents Diana, in part, because he's afraid she'll hurt herself [[spoiler: again]]. Also, this trope is the underlying reason everyone resents [[spoiler: Gabe]] so much.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':** In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', the gender-reversed variation happens when [[spoiler: Flonne]] accepts to be killed by the Seraph in order to prevent him from punishing the entire group. Once Laharl realizes that she really is gone, he goes utterly apeshit.--->'''Laharl:''' You're going to abandon me, like my mother did? I didn't give you permission! Is this what you call love? If it is, then I'll never believe in love! ''Ever!''** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' has something quite similar, where Mao laments the death of [[spoiler:Almaz]], claiming that he did not give his servants permission to die on him (all while trying his darndest not to admit that he actually ''cares'' about [[spoiler:Almaz]]'s fate.)** Subverted in the bad ending path, where he's painfully honest about not caring.* Jaheira to her husband Khalid in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'': "You die on me and I swear you'll never hear the end of it!" When he's killed in [[VideoGame/BaldursGateII the sequel]], ItsPersonal.* From ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'':-->'''Mercedes:''' [[spoiler: Ingway...]] is that you? You lied to me! You said we'd meet again!* From ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' we have this line:--> '''Roxas:''' [[spoiler:Xion!]] Who else am I going to eat [[TrademarkFavoriteFood ice cream]] with?* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has one for five characters out of the six character-team during that point of the game. IdiotHero Lloyd gets angry at everyone for dying at a critical point of the game. [[spoiler: Subverted when, about 10 game minutes later, you find out that every one of them was a DisneyDeath]]* Some companion battle cries for a fallen Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' fit this trope: A shocked Anders shouts "No! Don't you dare!", while Aveline takes it personally: "Not today Hawke. Not while I am here!". Similar for Carver ("Don't you die on me. Not after all this."), Fenris ("No! I will not allow it!"), and Isabela ("Don't you die on me!").* A very sad example from ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'': When a Darc is finally reunited with a mother he has grown up assuming betrayed him and his demon father, he is first furious at her. Then she takes a soldier's bullet intended for him, causing him to yell at her, "No dying, you hear me?!? You can't die until I've killed you properly! Mother? Mother!?"* In ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', your Pawns, while supposedly emotionless, seem pretty distressed when you die in a game over, often demanding that you "OPEN YOUR EYES!" * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''': Faris and Krile both say variants of this when [[spoiler:Galuf is dying after his battle with Exdeath]]. Faris yells at him to "get up, [[spoiler:you old bat]]! Quit playing around, this isn't funny!" while Krile simply begs him not to die over and over. Meanwhile they're dousing him with every healing spell and item in the menu, but none of it works.* In ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'', Kyrie asks Naja to kill him because his PowerIncontinence puts Morte (AndTheRest [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl of the world]]) in danger. While Morte is [[HeroicBSOD too stunned]] to react as he [[DiedInYourArmsTonight lies dying in her arms]], she later berates him for it [[spoiler:after he's resurrected at the Temple of Light]].-->'''Morte:''' Did I ''ask'' you to [[MessianicArchetype die for me]]!?* One of the lines of dialogue between raiders in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' is "NO! Don't you die on me!" when a raider discovers the body of a comrade who got killed.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has a particularly heartbreaking example in Episode 5 [[spoiler:when Beatrice thinks Battler, impaled on a red sword, is dead and gives up, [[SorryThatImDying apologizing]]. When Battler understands the truth and wakes up, only her empty shell remains, crumbling when he tries to hold it.]]-->[[spoiler:'''Battler''']]: ''Even though I finally understood... why did you give up before me?!''[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]* From the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon "Army": "Don't you die on me, Bennedetto! Not on my watch! You never gave me the five bucks...!" ("Bennedetto" is an inanimate popcorn popper.)** He then tearfully informs the microwave of her son's death.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]* In ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' Bea tells a feverish and unconsious Alan "Don't you dare leave me here without you." on [[http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=356 this page]]* As seen above, in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha flips out and, by yelling at her LoveInterest dying of (essentially) a lifeforce leak [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100312 manages to stabilize him]]. Possibly a case of ThePowerOfLove or CompellingVoice, or as hypothesized by another character in the novelization version of the scene, the target simply enjoys a good argument.* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Davan tries to insult his friend Scotty out of his overdose-induced coma. Scotty flatlined. At the open casket funeral, Davan is so furious that Scotty committed suicide instead of coming to his friends and family with his problems that he ''throttles Scotty's corpse''.* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': Onni does the "please don't leave me alone" variant to his younger sister Tuuri as he sees her leaving for the afterlife. Tuuri's death leaves a couple of cousins as Onni's only known living relatives, after an eleven year old event resulted in the death of ''at least'' his parents, aunt and uncle.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1417-j SCP-1417-J ("Passive-Aggressive Meteorite")]]. During Emergency Procedure 1634-Broadway Kemal pretends to have been electrocuted and Anderson pretends to perform CPR on him.-->'''Anderson''': Don't you die on me, you son of a bitch! You've never given up on anything before! Don't you give up on me now!* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[spoiler: Imp]] has this reaction to [[spoiler: Regent pulling a HeroicSacrifice to save her from [[OmnicidalManiac Behemoth]].]][[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', as Magus lays dying, Princess Katherine says "Ye can nae leave me now!"* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':** When [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Kenny dies]] in the episode "Rainforest Schmainforest". Kelly tries to give him CPR saying "Breathe! Breathe! [[PrecisionFStrike BREATHE, YOU SON OF A BITCH!]]" [[spoiler: He survives.]]** A similar event occurs in the Imaginationland story arc when Cartman, of all people, managed to bring Kyle back from the brink of death after being injured by the portal to Imaginationland. It's hard to say whether this was a case of AntagonistInMourning or Cartman just wanted Kyle to live long enough to fulfill his part of the bet. Or both.* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'', Rip says something like this to a dehyrdated Chunk when he was attacked by The Indigestible Wad.* Dr. Holiday does this in the ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' episode "A Family Holiday", when it looks like Agent Six is dead.-->'''Dr. Holiday:''' Don't you do this to me! I will hate you forever!* In ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' when Hector's detached stomach starts dying on him.-->'''Hector:''' You're a disgrace to the uniform! You make me sick. ''(sadly)'' I command you... to live!* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Life of Brian" has Stewie doing this when Brian is on his deathbed.-->'''Stewie:''' Dammit, Brian, you can't die! We were gonna do so many things together! We were gonna become windsurfers; I was gonna be a little better than you, but we were both gonna be good![[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]* Anger is one of the five stages of grief and is very common in the process.* Common coping mechanism for Italian families at funerals.[[/folder]]----